The focus is on the structure-properties relationships in dental materials and teeth, the study of materials used to restore function to the oral cavity, and the interaction of materials with the environment in the oral cavity.

This course provides updated information and skills development in the basic disciplines of restorative dentistry, endodontics, operative dentistry, and fixed and removable prosthodontics. It is designed for graduate dentists trained in international programs to master skills needed to practice dentistry in the U.S.

Students will learn the basic morphology of anterior teeth; the concepts of preventive, conservative, and traditional dental therapies will be introduced; and students will learn the material science and materials used in dentistry.

Students will learn the morphology of posterior teeth, practice techniques to prepare, temporize, and restore teeth with appropriate dental materials including amalgam, acrylic resins, glass ionomer, and composite.

Students will learn principles and laboratory techniques used in the treatment of partially edentulous patients using removable and fixed dentures, and will prepare for and restore an extracornal amalgam.

This course covers principles and lab techniques used to treat completely edentulous patients, for fabricating anterior porcelain baked to metal crowns, for concepts and techniques of endodontic treatment and restoration of anterior teeth, and for restoring Class II and IV composites.

This course provides the basic principles and laboratory techniques used to treat completely edentulous patients, principles and laboratory techniques for restoring anterior teeth with porcelain veneers, posterior teeth with amalgam, composite, porcelain baked to metal crowns, and fixed partial dentures, and the concepts and techniques of endodontic treatment and restoration of posterior teeth.

Restrictions: 3rd and 4th year dental and international dental students, or consent of course director.
Activities: Seminar

This is an elective course designed to introduce pre-doctoral dental students to instructional methods and curriculum development. Preparatory seminars and web-based work reviewing relevant educational literature and student teaching experiences in clinics and laboratories provide experience in teaching and assessment in dental education.